414 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



occupying the land during the winter, commercial fertilizers and stable 

 manure, whether used in large or small quantities, yielded a profit, with 

 wheat at 50 cts. per bushel and straw at $3 per ton. On wheat grown 

 in rotation Avith corn and oats, rye being the intercrop after corn and 

 clover after wheat, commercial fertilizers gave practically no net profit, 

 while stable manure at the rate of 2 tons per acre yielded a profit of 

 $2.21 per acre; at the rate of 3 tons, a profit of $3.13. 



Gobperaiire rxperimeiif.s with varieties (pp. 71-77).— These experiments 

 were conducted iu Tippecanoe, fTefifersou, Madison, Whitley, and Dekalb 

 counties. Of 4 varieties tested the best average yield, 36.58 bu. per 

 acre for all the counties, was made by Jones Fife. 



Experiments with winter wheat, C. A. Zavitz {Ontario Agl. Col. 

 Bui. 97, pp. 15). — To determine the loss from the lodging of grain 1,000 

 heads of grain which were partly lodged about 5 weeks before the 

 ripening season were compared with 1,000 heads of standing grain. 

 The results showed a loss of about 45 per cent in weight and of 11 per 

 cent in quality due to lodging. 



In variety tests continued for 5 years the following varieties made 

 large yields: Dawson Golden Chaff, American Bronze, Early Genesee 

 Giant, Surprise, Early Red Clawson, Golden Drop, Jones Winter Fife, 

 Bulgarian, Early Ripe, and Pride of Genesee. Dawson Golden Chaff 

 made the best record of all varieties of winter wheat tested. For 5 

 successive years the bearded wheats gave a larger average weight per 

 bushel than the smooth varieties. Varieties with white grain yielded 

 more than those with red grain in favorable years, but less in unfavor- 

 able years. Wheat sown September 9 gave a larger yield than that 

 sown September 2 and 17. Drilling wheat gave a larger yield than 

 broadcasting, and 2 bu. of seed produced a larger crop than either 1 or 

 n bn. 



Specific gravity and weight of wheat seeds, L. H. Pammel 

 and F. C. Stewart {Iowa Sta. Bui. 2'>, pp. ;-^o-5/).— Thirty-seven sam- 

 ples of wheat were examined. The number of kernels per gram, pound, 

 and bushel, and the specific gravity of seeds, are tabulated. The num- 

 ber of kernels of wheat per bushel ranged between 489,879 and 1,184,093, 

 the average being 770,200, The specific gravity of wheat seeds varied 

 between 1.407 and 1.503, with an average of 1.409. The specific grav- 

 ity of Stowell Evergreen corn was found to be 1.53, of white clover 

 seed 1.41, of kale seed 1.35, and of rutabaga seed 1.38. 



Forms of nitrogen for wheat, H. A. Huston {Indiana Sta. Bid. ')!, 

 pp. 78-80). — This is in contiiuiation of an experiment recorded m Bul- 

 letin 45 of the station (E. S. R., 5, \^. 186). On account of injuries 

 from rust no conclusions are drawn from the tabulated data giving the 

 yields of wheat fertilized with different forms of nitrogen api)lied at 

 different .seasons. 



Report of agriculturist, W. C. Latta {Indiana Sta. Rpt. 18!)3, 

 pp. ^'>-31). — Unfavorable meteorological conditions in 1893 greatly 

 interfered with the field ex])eriments, the results of which are reported 



